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J. D. NOBLE.

ADVERHSING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 11. 1919.

Patented Nov. 11, 1919.

/lT/VESSES W W A Tram/E rs JOHN D. NOBLE, 0F POUGIEIKEEPSIE, NEW YORK,

ADVERTISING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented N ov; 11, 1919;

Application filed March 11, 1919. Serial No. 281,924.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN D. NOBLE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Poughkeepsie, in the county of Dutchess and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Advertising Device, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to advertising devices, and more particularly to a device of this kind which comprises a handle body for a lid lifter, poker or other implement, a grip encompassing the body and having openings, and a member between the grip and the body and visible through the openings of the grip and adapted to carry advertising or other descriptive matter.

An object of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive advertising device which can be used with a wide range of different implements requiring handles, in which the advertising or other matter is permanently displayed and is readily visible, in which the advertising matter cannot be easily displaced or obliterated, and which adds comparatively little to the cost of the implement with which it is used.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts to be more fully described hereinafter and particularly set forth in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, and in which Figure 1 is a plan view of an embodiment of my invention as applied to a stove lid lifter;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device as shown in Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Before proceeding to a more detailed explanation of my invention it should be clearly understood that while the same is illustrated herein as applied to a stove lid lifter, it can be used with other, similar and diflerent implements, without departing from the spirit of the invention. While I have termed it an advertising device, it is not limited to this particular purpose, but may be used not only for advertising but also as a means of identification or for displaying other matter.

Referring more particularly to the'drawings, the stove lid lifter shown'is of elongated form, having a handle body 1, and a shank 2, terminating in a toe?) of customary form, and serving the usual purpose in a device of this kind. The handle body may be of rounded or flattened cross-section, and at its free end terminates in a knob 4t.

Mounted upon the handle body is a grip 5 consisting in the present instance of wire or the like, formed into a spiral, tapering from the center toward each end. [it one end the grip terminates in an eye 6, formed by the end winding of the spiral, and abutting against a shoulder 7 of the shank 2. At the other, the grip likewise terminates in an eye 8 formed by one of the windings, and has a extension formed into a loop 9 arranged in substantially the plane of the axis of the grip, and having the extremity disposed adjacent to the grip. This loop serves as a means for hanging up the implement upon a suitable hook.

An elongated, preferably flat plate 10, tapering from the renter to both ends, is arranged upon the handle body, within the grip. The plate 10 approximates in form the longitudinal cross-sectional form of the grip and is preferably proportioned to fit snugly within the grip. If so desired, this plate may be secured upon the handle body by means of rivets 11 or the like. Engraved or otherwise formed upon the plate is the advertising or identifying matter 12.

It will be seen that the plate is readily visible through the openings of the spiral of the rip, so that the advertising matter can always be viewed. The grip acts as a protector for the advertising bearing plate. which cannot easily be displaceddr obliteratcd. Furthermore, the plate when tened upon the handle body assists in securing the grip in place and holds it against accidental removal.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. An advertising device comprising an elongated handle body provided with a surface adapted to carry advertising matter. and a grip mounted upon said body and en compassing the said grip being reticulate whereby said surface is visible therethrough, said surface being of approXimately the same shape as the longitudinal cross-section of said grip.

'2. An advertising device comprising an elongated handle'body, a grip mounted upon said body, and consisting of an open, elon gated spiral, tapering from the middle to each end, and a plate between said body and said grip, and substantially corresponding in shape to the longitudinal cross-section of said grip, and bein g adapted to carry advertising matter.

3. An advertising device comprising an 1o elongated-handle body, a grip mountedupon said body, and consisting of an open, elongated spiral, tapering from the middle to each end, and a-platebetween said body and said grip, and substantially corresponding in shape'to the longitudinal cross-section of said grip, and being adapted to carry advertising matter, said plate being secnred'to :said body.

JOHN D. NOBLE.

'Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

7 Washington, D. 0." 

